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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
The

The sentence Of two years and six
months in the Penitentisry. ~pronouuceJ
against Eugene Thompson by the
Court ills morning, seems to give gem
eral satisfaction to the public, aud also
TO the prisoner who appears deeply PEN
tent and anxious to suffer tn. penalty
Of his crime in n just and adequate
punishment. The fact that the prisoner
waived all legal terhnicaIilies. anil his
course in pleading gnilty 1 the charge
and thus saving the county the expense
Of a trial, MS we'll ns the circumstances
which induced the commission Of the
ofense and which have surrounded tbs
defendant since the crime was commit
ted, did much toward influencing the
Cont in p~ronouncins n sentence which
Nay appear light. but under all circum-
stances attending the case il generally
considered II very proper and just pun
ishment for thu crime.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
A SECOND TERM.

For the benefit OF those journals which
are hIrping Oh Cleveland aud u second
term. the Kansas City Star says that
President Cleveland. in his letter Of &C.
cvp;Rnce, declared in favor Of an amend
nient to the Constitution diSqualify ing
the President from reelection; that all
who favor n single term for the Presi-
deut believe it ought to be extended 10
ak years at least; that the Constitution
has not been amended in this particular;
that the four years Cleveland will have
served will hot bc enough to enable him
10 establish his policy thoroughly; and
that, consequently. there will be moth
ing Inconsistent in his acceptance Of a
second term If the people desire him to
serve" To which the Salt Lake Demo-
crat adds: In the meantime those Jour-
na!s are making it evident that the Re-
pub'icans do not wan Cleveland nomi-
mated, which is one of the beat assur-
Ancrs the Democrats can have Of Cleye-
lands strength.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

Yesterdays Reno journal says:
I'VE publish this morning DR. Bish-
ops answer to the charges preferred 10y
Wm. Thompson. The answer is full,
positive and under oath. and if true. is
a complete v;ndicaIiou If DR.. Bishop.
and an overwhelming refuLriinn Of the
accusation. l, is worthy of special note
that the charges made by Thompson are
not made OF his own knowledge and are
not verified. and that so far MS tie spe-
cihcations of neglect. cruelty. misman.
nRement. tItravngance and incompetent.
cy are concerned. they have been twice
before investigated and C ndemned.
once by the Board OF Commissioners Of
the Insane aud once by a Committee of
the Legislature"
The investigation ia stiIi in progress
at Reno, AID we shnlI soon be able 10
publish the result OF the inquiry into
the charges mnde against the Superin.
terdent.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Change of firm.

By reference to an advertisement mn
der the head Of New To-day It will
be seen that a change has been made in
the proprietoTship Of the Forwarding
and Commission business at this plncc
L. C.. Warner Il Co. having sold he
business to W. L. Smith who from aud
after this date assumes control, aud will
give prompt attention to the forwarding
OF all goods consigned to his care
Shippers will mark go, ds as heretofore.
care circle W.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Reduction OF Rates.

The San Francisco Post says great re
ductiouS have been made la freight
rites. Hereafter shiprurnts Of wool to
New York or Boston may be made from
any Pacific Coast terminal point for
81 50 per 100 pounds without regard to
valuation. Fast. bounl shipments Of
nauy articles to Missouri river points
range from GO to IS cents per 100
. unds and corn and oats mr.. brought
a. San Francisco from the Miss ,uri
river at 60 cents per 100 pounds.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Lonn md InNckImcnt Co.

The Stockmnm says: The Nevada
California Loan and Investment Com
pnny Is the lame Of a new corporation
organized Mt Reno for the purpose Of
loabing money On real estate srcuiit,,
etc. The names Of the trustees vino
will manage the buGiness aud aTHirs for
the next six months are w. o. II. liar.
tin, Il. Fulton. c. L. Bonicr. Geo. W.
A"pes. Evan Williams, NJ. 4. Ward
aud u. A. Bender.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

News REPORTER Tie rate per ton
GU -four from sacramento 10 Reno is
$2i 70. This wns the rate charged un.
III recently on ground barley md ground
feed. Under the workings Of the Inter.
State law the tariff on ground Larlc,
aud ground feed has been reduced 10
SO 30 per ton. Here IL II iii .criminatinu
against tue poor children Of our State.
in favor Of the ordinary mustang. We
ARE anxious TO know wbnt he answer
~ouii lie TO the question: "why this
discrimination in these two articles Of
frcighif'
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
An AneIoat IndIesnent.

In 1865 In Union county. n prominen,
citizen was indicted fof assault with 10
tent to kill. IN the day II the trial the
indictment could not he found and the
consc was dismissed on motion Of the
district attorney. Last week the clerk
while searching through the old rusty
papers in quest Of something else. found
the original instrument. The party
still lives in the county [ Baker City,
(0regon,) Democra,.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
\ ncIE Enterprise:

John bradley, OF the firm Of Russell
d Bradley at EikO. informs the Battle
Mountain Sevadnntha his firm i about
to purchase the old English mill plant
at Reno. with "a view Of erecting wool
ell mills ON the property. which Ina,
water power snlhSient to operate them
ut very little cost. This i u Few enter
prise AMI one much needed in this
State. The wealth and business quail
hcations OF these gentlemen ~iusur,s il,
Success.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Elko. May Il.
Indicted for forgery

~ $50
State Of Nevada
vs.. Indicted for forgery
Eugene Thompsou)
Defendant appeared in Court for ar
raignment, entered n plea OF entity as
charged in the indictment aud waived
time for passing sentence. whereupon
the Cour; ordered that the said Eugene
Thompson be incarcemtcd in the State
Prison for tie term Of two anil one-half
l2Ll years.
In the matter Of the Estate Of PaiIip
Goodman, Deceased. It WAS ordered
that the final :"count of r.. Kecfer, Al.
ministrator Of said Estate he settled aud
allowed. 1t was further ord. red that IA
distribution OF the property Of said Es-
tate be made to the heirs entitled to the
same.
In the District Court Yesterday o scar
Carlson. u native Of Sweden. WITS ad-
united ns n citizen OF the United States
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

William L!nd. II lad eighteen years Of
nge. employed as messenger in the Off e
OF ROlfe u Co. Stockholders. Virginia
City. was killed neal ST, nmboat Springs
last Saturday by the accidental dis
charge 81 IA gun. The Enterprise slvs
he WAS riding ON the =, ut Of "a Wagon ia
which a load Of wool was bein. hauled
To Virginia City. lie had II shotgun w.
ing aCIU>S his knees. At thc r,queSt Of
a companion be reached in his pocket
for u match. In doing 80 the shotgun
slid from his knees, butt first, and fell
to the bottom Of the wagon. Ia it, ne.
scent the hammers struck agains, souIr
projection driving them down upon tie
caps. The gun WAS discharged, tL.e
cont nts Of both barrels eni, ring LyLd's
right side, penetrating his liver aud in
a.cting wounds frum the fleets OF
which lie died in IA few minutes aft.
ward. The charges from tue barrels of
the gun left u hole in the unfortunate
lads side nearly three inche. in diane.
ter.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Temporarily Embarrassed.

There are various rumorS nl mt lrlt-
tive TO the fairs Of ". B. Tudhuntcr.
one Of the largest land and cattle owners
In The country. To set them nil straight.
mud prove that there is not lie slightest
danger Of any OF his creditors losing a
dollar. we ate authorized to state that
NIL claims ng"ims, him presented at til.
First National Bank will he nHju>ted
and paid as soon as possible .-GSlyrr
Suite.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
mia

The world renowned Sara, the in,inci.
bic Bernhardt. passed through in her
special cur this morning. bat M the di.
Y" is not nn curly riser rep ,rt"r was
too hhshful TO interview her. He was.
however. rewarded with " glimpse Of
hrr classic features as she stepped to
the window to ''pnll down the blinds"
aud shut herself oil from the vulgar gaze
uf the curious.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
AdNcrIIscd letter List.

Following il n list OF letters re-
manning III the POST ilire al Exc, Sat.
ur'lay. M,y. II 1857.
Dir&IaS Mrs. NJ. T., SimonIttr A.
Richardson Andrew.
Persons calling for any Of the above
letters will please say .'ndYerti~ed.''
JAS. L. SM III L. VI.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

1nqui I at the d pnrtmcnt Of State
TegoraiDS The British vessels seized In
Behnng sec last Summer. disclosed the
fact thai 40 demand has ever been made
ny the British Government for The ro-
ls.te Of the vessels, no has any claim
for damages caused by the seizures
been made upon the GovorDm ut Of tho
United States,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

Albert Turner. one of the murd.rers
of Jennie Bowman has been indicted
by the Grand jury, u, Louisville. KY.
tiled under his confession Of guilt aud
sentenced to be hung July first. Will
an, Patterson JOINTLY indicted with rur.
uer, will have his trial Oh next Wednes.
duy.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

Private advice received At San Fran
cisco states that the Whaling bark Europa
Captain Haile,t, With a crew Of thirty.
tao. was wrrckrd April II of the coast
o: japan neal Hakodate. No partieu
lars. The Europa was owned by Aiken
& Swift. Of New Bedford, Mass, and
left San Francisco December IL Of Last
year.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

The Secretary ot :Hv T~=r:=n.y has
formally notified Mr. Hyatt, Who is
NOW at his home in Nurwnlk, Conn, OF
his appointment as Treasurer OF the
United States. 1t il SUPPOSED that the
new arpuintee viii HE his lUnd mud
take the oath Of Office early this week.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

II is said at the Treasury Department
that there is no truth in the rrPOri that
the ~ .eEue steamer ''Rnsh" will short
ly sail from san Francisco for Sitka,
Alaska. The Rush will start on her
usual Summer cruise ia the northern
waters i'll aLout month but the orders
have not Yet been prsEarrl.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
EInc Carr fishing.

The Silver State says that ". j. Mar.
tin. who hns been nj Smeiser's ranch nt
Summit Springs, says he made u LusI.
ness OF cntcning carp out Of the lake.
an ] succeeded in capturing from Thirty
to forty fish. weighing from two To three
pounds. every day.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Elko, My lG. 1887.

Elko, My lG. 1887.
state Of Nevada
vs.. Indicted for forgery
Eugene Thompson
Defendant brought into Court for mr.
riignnlent. On motion of J a. Plum
Iner o! counsel for defense, the case was
continued until tomorrow. the 18th
instant.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

The number Of Idle men in Chicago
who have either struck or been locked
out Is estimated At from 10000 To 90.
900.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22

Kinks Blue Iuiis Soap. Lest on
earth, a, Hcplsy'a.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
BORN.

MIEhs:-On Spring Creek. this county.
May II, 1857, to the wife Of james T..
Myers, IA son.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1887-05-22
Grand

The following is list Of the Grand
Jurors drawn yesterday, venire returna.
BILE "Wednesday the 18th lust.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
The Rustic is Doomed.

This is an ungratcful world. Were it
not so, the intelligence that the hustle
is dying natural death would be re-
ceived with ringing of bells and firing
of cannon. Volumes have been written
deriding this absurd fashion, and now
that it is really going the way of all
fashions, not word is said to express
the satirist's pleasure. On the whole,
satire couldn't be expected to rejoice at
anything, but it might be glad that so
threadbare subject was at last to be
laid at rest. The passing of the hustle
involves another change more welcome
than its own demise. This is the high
hat the towering, obstructive millinery
of the last two years. There will be no
sudden collapse, but note, if you please,
how the best dressed women arc lower
ing their crests to conform to the more
graceful tournure. The hat balanced
the hustle. The hustle gone, the hat
shuts down, and then, alas! thcatregoers
must see another annoyance to rave
about. .--Boston Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
Gems in Brown Paner.

I heard a curious story about Mrs.
Paran Stevens the other day, which was
extremity characteristic, says Brooklyn
Citizen writer. A friend calling was
shown up into her boudoir and took the
first chair. They conversed for while,
or rather he listened with interest to her
caustic comments on men and things,
until she suddenly:
"Oh, yon're sitting on my diamonds; !;
get up this minute"
On examination he found that little
crumpled brown paper parcel on the scat
of the chair, which he had not noticed
when he sat down, let slip when he
picked it up perfect river of the most
splendid gems.
~ kept them in brown paper" she
explained, "to deceive the burglars.
They'd never think of looking in a
brown paper bag lying anywhere on a
shelf or in drawer for some 5000
worth of jewels. There have been two
attempts to steal them within a year, and
I hit on this as good way to keep
them"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

One man in hundred becomes GRIM
inal after twenty-one, and one woman IN
thousand after eighteen. So says one
who's an authority.
A cucumber four feet long, coiled like
serpent and resembling nothing else so
much as q green snake, was among the
curiosities at the Maine State Fair.
The famous Hardee grove in the Rock
ledge, Fla, hummock, has produced an
orange that measures 15t inches in cir
cumference and weighs two pounds and
two ounces.
1t has been estimated that a pair Of
wrens destroy at least 600 insects day.
They have been observed to leave their
nests and return with insects from forty
to sixty times an hour.
AnIndian Spring, Fla, woman has a
hen that is covered with hair instead of
feathers. 1t lays and has hatched
chickens coated like herself, but they in
variably died in infancy.
The largest tree in Japan is the great
pine on the shores of Lake Biwa. 1t is
more than $50 feet high and over nine
teen feet in diameter. 1t is venerated by
the japanese. who say that it is fully ten
thousand years old.
The glaciers in the valley of Chamou nix,
after a period of rapid retreat and dimin-
ution in size, are again beginning to ad.
vance. AS about fifty yards year is the
rate of advance, it will take many years
to recover their former ground.
Measurements of 100, 900 Russians were
taken of both sexes working in different
industries, and it was found that work
men in the textile branches were smaller
iand had narrower chests and less weight
than those engaged in other works, the
spinners being the weakest in every re-
spect.
The swiftest bird on the wing is said
ito be the frigate bird, nautical bird of
prey. Sailors say that it can start at
daybrcak from the coast of Africa, and
following the trade winds land on the
American coast before sunset. This is
probably an over-statement, but close OBJ.
servers have estimated its flight at 200
miles an hour.
California with its 100000 square
miles of territory, its 800 miles of sea
coast, its grand Yosemite valley, its stu
pendous water falls, its grand trees, its
towering mountains, presents within the
limits Of single State all the climates
known to the universe, all the differences
of surface, from snow-clad peaks to val.
leys which lie hundreds of feet below
the sea level, all the fruits between the
equator and the pole, all the minerals
known to geology.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
Upon Ling Fong.

About sixteen miles east Of Ningpo, China,
lies noted mountain, Ling Fong, to which
tens of thousands, from all parts of Che
kiang, 60 up yearly to worship. The first
day of the ceremonies few besides women
attend Although the path up the mountain
was paved, and the sleeper ascents were fur
nished with steps, still it was tedious climb,
even for one with natural feet. The wonder
grew upon us how the women, with their lit
tie bandaged stubs, could not only climb the
mountain, but walk miles to reach it, AS
we neared the place we were beset by venders
OF incense sticks, urging us to buy. Arriving
at q level space, about half way up the
mountain, we found rows Of wretched straw
huts on either side of the path leading to q
building scarcely more than shed, contain
ing one large room. In it were few small,
dilapidated idols, before which the people
burnt incense sticks and made pros
no means the only motive that brought
these eager throngs hither. They had come
to make preparation for death. And the
preparation considered necessary was not
purity of heart and life, but money. These
multitudes had left their homes and busy
pursuits to come hither for the special pur-
pose of buying bills of credit to be burnt at
death in order to secure large sum OF mon
ey in the next world. These bills Of credit,
costing twenty-four cash, or about Two cents,
are small strips of yellow paper, upon which
are roughly printed few characters. These
are supposed to be good for about thirteen
hundred dollars after death. Behind tables
stood men selling these bills. Others were
busy stamping with red paint pieces of cot
con CLOTH which were carried away as evil
dence that they had been to the sacred spot.
The more years they make this pilgrimage,
and the more bills of credit they get, the
greater will be their merit and wealth in the
next life.-[ [Woman's Work in China.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
Bcauty's Golden Apples.

An American travelling in Germany
writes as follows to the Chicago Nens.
"Beauty shows arc by no means an
American invention. 1t is not more than
q few weeks ago that such q show oc-
Cured on the feast of st. Stephen, the
patron saint of Hungary, at Pcsth. But
the beauties were not from the start on
exhibition for any one able to pay q
dime. The beauties, forty odd in num-
Der, were standing ina circle to be looked
at and crossed examilel by jury com,
posed of number Of gentlemen moving
in the highest circles of society. The
Chairman, Count Stephen Karolyi, an
nounced the verdict of that strange jury,
declaring Miss Gizzella Scholez, Miss Ida
Toronyi and Mrs. Mariska Kolos to be
the greatest beauties of the land this
year. The former is described as splcn-
did figure, tall, we'll proportioncd, with
blue eyes and shining, golden hair,
dressed in q charming pink suit. The
other two are dark beauties, with black
hair and fiery black eyes. The awards
arc duplicates of the golden apple
awarded by Paris of Troy to the God
dess of Beauty some 5000 years ago, but
in the degenerate northern climate of
Hungary the apple has become much
stunted in growth, being not much
larger than little hazcl-nut. After de-
livery of the verdict and distribution of
the prizes, inclosedln cases of blue vel
vet, to the three champion beauties, the
populacc were so eager to obtain look
at them that they broke through the
fence and formed living and rather I'M
ruly circle around the three, and, not sat
isficd with looks only, they persisted in
being convinced of the flcshly reality of
the marvclS until numi:cr of more So
Der and good natured gentlemen formed
O guard of honor around the beauties and
conducted them in safety from their field
of yictOry.n
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
Small Women in Style.

A recent work on physical beauty
asserts that the tendency in women of the
present day is toward swallness of
stature, writes Clara LAMA from New
York. Big women, in fact, are going
out of fashion. This being the case, by
all means let US have materials that pre-
sent designs suitably adapted to the
human figure as it actually exists, and
not as it may appear in the imagina-
tion of manufacturers. Plaids of any
description make a woman look shorter
than she actually is, in the same manner
that stripes, when they are narrow and
elongated, produce an appearance of
slenderness. A skirt made in imitation
of colossal chessboard of variegated hue
cannot be either pretty or graceful. A
very tall woman, or one slightly above
medium height, can wear Il plaid of
moderately large checks, but if she be
short or dumpy, or even tall and fat, let
her eschcw such patterns as the abomina-
tion of desolation. Nevertheless, soon
our streets will doubtless be filled with
peram5ulating checker boards and striped
awnings; for, of course, fashions are in
vented to be worn, and, consequently,
women will adopt them whether they are
suitable or not.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
How to Destroy the Bible.

First to get rid of all the copies in all the
languages-there are 1G0 600, 600 copies, say,
of the Old and New Testaments in one book
and portions Of the book-you must have all
these piled together into pyramidal mass
and reduced to ashes before you can say you
have destroyed the Bible Then 60 to the
libraries of the world, and when you have
ref ,rence to the Old and New Testaments you
must eliminate from every book all such pas
sages; and until you have so treated every
book of poetry and prose. exercising all
ideas Of grandeur and purity h1d ten
tlerness and beauty for the knowledge and
power of which the poets and prose
writers were indebted to the Bible-until you
have taken all these from between the bind
ings and turned them into ashes, leaving the
euIascuIated fragments behind-not until
then have you destroyed the Bible. Have
you done it, theni Once more. 90 to the
courts of law, and having sought out the
pandectS and codes, you must master every
principal of law, and study what 1t may have
derived from the Old and New Testaments,
and have all such passages removed from the
code of jurisprudence. You must then go
world, and you must slash and daub
over and ohliterate the achievements
that the genius of the artist has
produced-not until then have you de-
stroyed the Bible. Have you done it theni
What nextl You must visit every conser-
vatory of music, and not until the world
shall stand voiceless as to its masters, not
until then have you destroyed the Bible.
Then you must visit the baptistries Of the
churches and from the baptismal roll you
must erase all Christian name<-thc name Of
John and Mary-for they suggest the Script
ures, and the register is stamped with the
Bible. Have you done it. then' No, there
is one copy Of the Biblo still
living. 1t is tho cemetery of
the Christian. The cemeteries, while they
exist, are Bibles, and to suppress the book.
to let not trace of it be discovered, you
must pass from gravestone to gravestone,
and with mallet und chisel cut out every
name that is biblical, and every inspiring
passage of scripture craven thereon. To de-
stroy the Bible you must blot from the mom-
ory of every Christian its promises and COM
forts. Not until you have done all this can
YOU destroy the Bible. --[Dr. Guard.